The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-27
LOCAL ITEMS.


Let us discuss it.
Money saved by buying your boots and
shoes Of Batesen & Ayres.
Let her blow! Batcsen & Ayres, can give
you prices that will warm you.
Headquarters for Dry Goods, Groceries
and hardware, Batescn & Ayres.
Go to Masters, fol oysters, raw, stewed or
fried, and then top off with mince pie and
coffee.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
PIONEER, and lay in yeur stock Of winter
reading.
Services next Sunday, in the evening 7:30
clock; sabbath school 1890. Rev. Mr..
Osmond.
W. H. Gran, agent of Khules & Stock,
cigar manufacturers of St. Paul is around
among our merchants.
The water question is getting to be ser
ious one. The recent extremely cold snap
has inconvenienced everybody. -
Rev. Mr.. Osmond will preach in the
station house next Sunday, at II a. M, sub
ject.-The State and liquor traffic.
Miss Simpson, who has been spending the
summer with her brother James re turns to
| her home in Manitoba next Monday.
W. II. Cabban general agent of the D. Fire
& Marine 1ns Co, of Mitchell was in our
midst this week, sizing up our town.
WORTH KNOWING: Did you know that
Batesen & Ayres, are selling better goods for
less money than any house in Bottineau
county?
A social will be given by the ladies Of the
". c. T U. at the house of Mrs. Harmon on
Friday Oct. 2sth, at, 7.a0 p m. Cake, coffee
and music. Admission Is cts
Mr.. Grant genuine thoroughbred rustler
from Deloraine on his retu IN after months
of harvesting etc., way from Benson Mimi,
stopped at the McBrayen Monday.
Miss Maggie McVicar gees to Winnipeg
tomorrow. The best of luck 30 with her is
the wish of her numerous friends and q
safe return when the S-T-comes G-M.
The Baptist church spire is up, pointing
the way in and the object to which We should
all aspire and with the vane that adorns it,,
Inspiring US to believe, as far ais this world is
concerned, in the words of the royal preach
er, "vanity-vanity-a is van; ;ty.'
George Rea and Richard Wilson, carry
the banner this year for the big yest yield Of
wheat, averaging forty bushels to the acre.
The threshers report the finest crops since
1885. Dottineau county will average twenty
five bushels of No. hard. 49,. +.
The surveyors are now in town 161 range
II, which will be finished in week, after
which 1911. Mr.. McKillop, who has
Charge of the corps requests that the settlers
give in their names to him. The advantage
to them is in certain contingencies inestim-
able. ''....
DR.. Sinclair, has opened an. Office in the
Free Lance building, and we congratulate
him in his determination to continue his
practice amongst us. See his card elsewhere.
1t is also fortuitous and timely, in view of
the recent birth that took place in that build
ing, that the doctor is SO close to hand.
Mr. Joseph Buchanan, wife and FIVE child
rem, of Rapid City, Manitoba, arrived in
Bottineau, last week and departed for their
future home in Montana, near Great Falls.
Mrs. Brown, of Michigan, sojcurned for
. day in Bottineau, leaving on Sunday to
visit her sisters. Mrs. Sheriff Flynn, Of
Dunseith, and Mrs. Judge Labounty, Of
St. John. ae &<Sss = ,:& ia -,
The Rev. Mr.. Draper, announced that he
is to be superseded by live young man,
but we question whether any young man
could rustic as the faithful pastor did last,
winter, for heis the liyeliest youngesr old man
that we know Of We understand that he is
not to preach any more for the present. but
in the retirement Of his paste, al home in tho
mountains will enjoy that rest he SO much
needs @s
Mrs. Toodles, in the play Of that name,
bought q famous door plate at on auction,
having the name Of Thompson on it and on
being demonstrated with BY Mr.. loodles.
said in her soothing voice: Wy dear, you
know, some Of these days we may have q
daughter, that daughter may marry man
by the name, Of Thompson, and then how
handy it will be to have it in the house.
We cannot help but think that the big heads
and the sore heads, thatm be achiag soon,
Wlll exclaim with Mrs. 1oodles, .how handy
II will be to have him in the house. II Dr..
Sinclair. Sz s
The Rev. Mr.. Draper, preached his fare
well sermon q week ago last Sunday, q very
large and attentive congregation greeted.
him and seemed pleased and edited with his
discourse, which was supplementary to his
sermon on the three bible sAbbaths recently
delivered His exhortation to remember
the sabbath day, to keep i holy, was earnest
and vigorous; he quoted the territorial
statutes il the law nregard to sabbath break
ing. 4 u matter Of satisfaction and pride
Of which Bottineau can boast its reverence
for the sabbath although IS Y matter Of
fact on that very Sunday somsbody brought
70 town and sold two lsads % potatoes. Six
days shalt ihsa labor md o ~ rs, work,
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